Iza W and Intellecta Style are proud to reveal Invitation Script, a contemporary and tidy revival of the classic work of the Portuguese master penman Manuel de Andrade de Figueiredo, whose work can be seen in "Nova Escola para aprender a ler, escrever, e contar (...)" (1722 ). Invite Script is the 3rd script superfamily published by Intellecta Style, after Penabico and Van den Velde Script.
Invitation Script has actually initial letters developed by Iza W. Creative direction and core programs were provided by Paulo W. Chyrllene K assisted with some deal with unusual and archaic designs, resulting in an unique typeface - Invitation Script Archaic (soon available).
.Invitation started out from Andrade's script design and evolved into a voluptuous script typeface family. The outcome is a typeface ideal for gorgeous headings, signatures, artwork typography, titles and short
.pieces of hand-lettered text. Invitation household consists of 2 multi-table Opentype typefaces, 3 extra typefaces for accessories and fleurons, and the Archaic font style with some of the Andrade's original characters.
.Embedded in the routine typefaces are additional sets of letters. Over 40 variations are available for certain letters through the Unique Sets Opentype table.
.The 2 regular versions of Invite Script includes the following:
.( i) A comprehensive set of ligatures offering letterform variations that make eye-popping designs or simulate genuine handwriting. These are available via contextual alternates and other open-type features.
.( ii) Many stylistic alternates for each letter (upper and lowercase, accessed via the glyph palette, encoded in the series of the Unique Set Opentype function).
.Since there are over 1100 glyphs in each typeface, we suggest utilizing the glyph palette.
.( iii) A set of accessories and fleurons accessed with the glyph scheme or utilizing the Ornaments function. Additional accessories can be found in the two Invite Script Ornaments fonts.
.( iv) Initial and final letters with creative variations accessible utilizing the preliminary and last kind open-type features.
.( v) Significant kerning work: over 6000 kerning sets, hand-set to avoid collisions and to produce elaborate combinations of letters, utilizing swashes and other resources.
.These effective functions are all available in InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXpress and similar software application. We recommend exploring the magic of this font utilizing the glyph palette.
.Our sample illustrations and PDF pamphlets display the power and style of this calligraphic script. Let your creativity go wild and use Invite Script in manner ins which Andrade could not have foreseen.
.In non-OpenType-savvy applications, Invitation Script is still an exceptionally gorgeous calligraphic typeface that stands up to the competition.
.The regular typefaces contains the complete Latin alphabet, including Main European, Vietnamese, Baltic and Turkish, with a complete set of diacritics and punctuation marks.
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.1 FIGUEIREDO, Manuel de Andrade de, 1670-1735 Nova Escola para aprender a ler, escrever, e contar. Offerecida á Augusta Magestade do Senhor Dom Joaõ V. Rey de Portugal. Primeira parte/ por Manoel de Andrade de Figueiredo, Mestre desta Arte nas cidades de Lisboa Occidental, e Asian. - Lisboa Occidental: na Officina de Bernardo da Costa de Carvalho, Impressor do Serenissimo Senhor Infante, 1722. - [18], 156 p., 44 f. grav. a buril: il.,; 2º (31 cm) Personalized royal coat of arms supported by angels over the city of Lisbon, engraved picture of the author (both of the foregoing by Bernard Picart), (12 )ff., 156pp., engraved calligraphic section title, 44 etched plates. Wood-engraved culs-de-lampe and lettrines. Sm. folio. "Andrade de Figueiredo was born in Espirito Santo, where his daddy was Guv of the 'Capitania.' The great picture is dated 1721 and is showing Figueiredo at the age of 48. He was a distinguished calligrapher and a creator of the Portuguese handwriting till the reign of Don José I (ca. 1755). His work follows the style of the fantastic Italian masters in its use of clubbed ascenders and descenders, and of Diaz Morante, the famous Spanish writing master, in its extremely fancy show of command of hand. By his contemporaries, he was known as the 'Morante portugues'" (Ekström). "Ce livre est un manuel, composé de quatre parties, destiné à apprendre à lire, à écrire, à conter ainsi que l'orthographe. Les planches comportent des examples d'écritures, d'alphabets et de textes ornés de remarquables characteristics de plume exécutés d'une primary sûre et enjouée" (Jammes).
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